Lord Sugar, who was born into a Jewish family, wrote alongside the image: "Many a true word spoken in jest Corbyn."

The picture also added the caption: "When you're pictured at Nuremberg and claim you thought you were going to a car rally."

After Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell led calls for him to delete the tweet, Lord Sugar apologised for sharing the image.

In response to Mr McDonnell, he added: "First let me say I am not the originator, it has been doing the rounds.

"You need to get Corbyn to make a firm statement about anti-Semitism. There is no smoke without fire in Labour."

Image:The poem claims Mr Corbyn's party is 'coughing and spluttering and dying'

Between 1997 and 2015, Lord Sugar was a member of the Labour Party.

He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2009 when he became an "enterprise tsar" for Gordon Brown's government.

The businessman, a former owner of Arsenal rivals Tottenham, quit Labour just days after the 2015 General Election, revealing he had been "losing confidence" in the party due to its "negative business policies" and "anti-enterprise" ideas.

Lord Sugar's full poem about Mr Corbyn:

Jeremy Corbyn, a bit of a scruffAsked what he could do to come over less roughHis fashion advisers worked on his new lookAnd a fifty quid Matalan suit's all it took

Jeremy Corbyn, a stud of a manA playboy was he with his lover DianeShe'd get into bed wearing only her blushedAnd lie back with Jezza just thinking of Russia

Jeremy Corbyn, on Royals not keenYou won't find him singing to God Save The QueenNo Cenotaph bowing for this bitter manIf elected he'd call for a monarchy ban

Jeremy Corbyn, says many a criticIs a dangerous fool who is anti-SemiticHe often says "I'm not a Jew-hating man""I'm just a big Hamas and Hezbollah fan"

Jeremy Corbyn, an Arsenal manSupporting the team with his Islington clanHe cheers the left winger when he goes alongAnd 'Come on you Reds' is his favourite song

Jeremy Corbyn, a yesterday manThe worst Labour leader since records beganThough his party is coughing and spluttering and dyingOld Jeremy Corbyn's red flag is still flying